Benjamin burton



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B. BURTON.. AUTOMATIC MEASURING DEVICE FOB, LIQUIDSlv N0. 395,652.Patented Janyl, 1889.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN BURTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E'DVIN A.GILES, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIG'IVIEASURING DEVICE FOR LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,652, dated January1, 1889.

Application filed August 9, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN BURTON, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ot' Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic lvleasuringDevices for Liquids; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to certain improvements in automatic measuringdevices for liq uids; and it consists in certain details of constructionand arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more specifically described,illustrated in the drawing's, and pointed out in the claims. Its objectis to provide a receptacle having a series of 1neasuring-chambersadapted to be placed within or beneath a support for a barrel, cask, ortank for oil, spirits, or other fiuid, and detachably connected with thebarrel or tank by means ot' a pipe communicating between the barrel andmeasurin g-chambers, an d provided with suitable twoway cocks, wherebythe iiuidmay be discharged from the cask through either or all of themeasuring-chambers, desired, and automatically measured when drawn;also, in providing suitable means for ventilating or admitting air intothe chambers as the fluid is withdrawn.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section with the rear ofthe support and barrel broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thedrawer or receptacle for the measuring-chambers, designed to be placedwithin the support beneath the front end of the barrel. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal vertical section through the central or middlemeasuring-chamber and supply-mpc. Fig. 5 is a detail showing' amodilication in the form and arrangement of the ventilatingtube.

Referring' more specilically to the drawings, A represents the supportfor the barrel, cask, or tank, and B the barrel or cask containing thefluid.

C is a drawer or receptacle, designed to be Serial No. 282,338. (Nomodel.)

placed within the front ot' the support and rest upon cleats (L beneaththe front end of the barrel.

I) D D represent a series of closed meas ming-chambers of varyingcapacities placed within the drawer or receptacle (l, having their frontends projecting through the front face ot' the drawer and flushtherewith.

E E are partitions in the receptacle between the measuring-chambers- Frepresents a series oi' ventilating-pipes, each oi' which is designed toconnect with one rel.

G represents a spigot or cock, one oli which is in the front of each measuring-chamber and communicates with its interior.

II is a'horizo'ntal pipe extending across the 'front of the receptacle Cslightly above the spigots, and communicating with each by a down pipe,l).

I is a vertical pipe extending upward from the horizontal pipe H, anddesigned to connect with the discharge-cock of the barrel or cask bymeans ot' an interior threaded collar or flanged union, c, at its upperend. p

My invention is designed especially for the convenience of dealers inoil and other fluids, who are by means of it furnished with a convenientsupport for a barrel or cask of iiuid, combined with means forautomatically measuring the i'luid as drawn, and wllereby they areenabled to avoid the usual troublesome method of Iirst pumping the oilor other fiuid into a tank or receptacle.

In order to operate my invention the support A is placed in anyconvenient and desired position, with the drawer or receptacle C,containing the measuring-chambers, placed within and resting on thecleats a, and having' the series ot' vertical ventilating -tubes F, eachone of which connects at its lower lend with the top one of themeasuring-chambers.

The barrel of oil, naphtha, or other huid is then rolled or lifted uponthe support A, and the upper ends of the Ventilatingtubes F are insertedinto the barrel through the bung, as shown in Fig. l. The spigot L inthe front or head of the barrel is then connected with the vertical pipeI by slightly raising' the recepof the measuruig-chambers and with thebar IOO tacle C, containing the measuring-ehambers, by means of thewedges inserted in the space k above the cleats until the mouth ol thespigot, which is serew-tlneaded, in contact with the collar c. Thecollar is then adj usted to the position shown in Fig. 2, therebyconnecting the barrel with the vmeasuring-chambers.

Each ot' the cocks (l is provided with a twoway valve, as shown in Figs.2 and 4, so that by turning the valve in one direction an opening isaii'orded trom the ineasuring-chambcr through the horizontal andvertical pipes II I to the barrel and the outletis closed, as shown inFig. 2. By turning the valve in the opposite direction the inlet fromthe barrel is cut ott and the outlet from the measuring-chamber opened,as shown in. ligx fl.

It will be observed that when the barrel is placed in position, theconnections made, and the valves opened the measuring-chambers are atonce automatically itilled, and any desired quantity can be drawnthrough its cock G by turiiingI the valve, whereby the inlet is cutot't' and the contents ol the chamber discharged.

Instead ot a series ot' indepemlent ventilating-tubes, F, a singletubehavingbranches commuiiicating with each measuring-chamber, as shownin Ifig. 5, may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure bv Letters Patent, is-

y l. In an automatic measuring device for liquids, the combination, witha support for a barrel or tank, of aseries of measuring-chambersarranged beneath or within such support and adapted to be connected withthe barrel or tank by a pipe, and a cock in each measuring-chamberhaving a two-way valve, whereby the outlet from the measuring-chambermay be opened and the communication with the barrel cut oft', or viceversa, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In an automatic measuring device for liquids, the combination, with asupport tor a barrel or tank, ot a receptacle containing a series ot'measuring-chambers adapted to be placed beneath or within the support, acock in each measuring-ehamber having a two-way valve, a pipe connectingwith each cock and adapted by means ot an adjustable screw -coliar toconnect with the discharge-faucet ot' the barrel or tank, and one ormore ventilating-tubes connecting with the measuriiig-chambers,substantially as described.

3. In -an automatic measuring device Yfor liquids, the combination, withthe support A for a barrel or tank, oit' the removable receptacle C,containing the series ot' measuring-chambers D, the cocks G, having thetwo-way valves, the pipes H I i), connecting the cocks ot' themeasuring-ehambers, and the adjustable collar or coupling c, adapted toconnect the.measuri11g-chambers with the faucet oit a barrel ortank,substantially as described.

et. The combination, in a measuring device for liquids, ot the support Afor a tank or barrel, the series ot' measuring-tanks I), the removabledrawer or receptacle C, containing the measuring-tanks, the series oftwoway cocks G, communicating with the meastiring-tanks, the series otventila-ting-pipes F, connecting with the nueasuring-tanks, thehorizontal and vertical pipes ll I l), connecting the two-way cocks, andthe adjustable collar c, all constructed and arranged substantially asand .for the purpose described.

5. The combination, in a measuring device tor liquids, ot the supporti'or a barrel or tank, the series ot' 1ncasuring-chambers, each providedwith a two-way cock and with ventilating-tubes, the receptaclecontaining the mcasuring-chambers adapted to be placed beneath or withinthe support, the pipes connecting the cocks ot the 1neasuring-chambers,the adjustable screw-collar adapted to connect said pipes with thedischarge-spigot ot' a tank or barrel, and the wedges designed to enterthe space beneath the receptacle for the ineasuring-chambers,substantially as described.

6. In an automatic measuring device for liquids, the combination, witha' barrel or tank, ot' the independent support provided in its interiorwith a removable receptacle containing a series ot measuring-chambershaving Ventilating-tubes and each provided with a two-way cock, and apipe connecting said cocks having at its outer end an adjustable collaror Vflange-union for connecting it with the spigot oit' the barrel ortank, substantially as described.

7. The independent automatic measuring device for oil or other fluids,consisting of the support, the series of measuring-chambers providedwith two-way cocks and Ventilatingtubes, the removable drawer orreceptacle containing the chambers, and the pipe connecting the two-waycocks having at its upper or outer end an adjustable {lange-union torconnecting said pipe with the spigot of a barrel or tank placed upon thesupport, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony wh ereof I aix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

BENJAMIN BURTON.

Witnesses:

W. F. GARDNER, C. G. BERRYMAN.

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